Law school j ournalists irked over ban on quoting By ANN MARIE FAZIO Editors of the Res Gestae. the law school newspaper, and the school's Student Senate president are upset over the law school faculty's recent decision to prohibit Res Gestae repor- ters and student observers from directly quoting faculty members at their monthly meetings. The faculty voted last Friday to allow the law school Student Senate to allocate one of its three faculty observer positions to a Res Gestae reporter under the condition that the observers do not attribute faculty quotes by name in their meeting reports. ACCORDING TO RES GESTAE Editor-in-Chief Matt Kiefer, the faculty decision will have no effect on the newspaper's coverage of next month's meeting since the last issue will already have been published. But he added that the newspaper probably would not have sent reporters under the current restrictions. Kiefer said the final decision as to whether the Res Gestae will attend the meetings under the current conditions will be up to next year's staff. "We're very disappointed in the result," said Kiefer. "We got nothing we couldn't have gotten by going to the Senate ourselves." Kiefer said reporters did not need faculty approval to at- tend the meetings. Journalists could have attended the meetings by asking the Student Senate to reserve them one of its three observer slots. However, this would not have allowed the reporters to quote faculty members, so the newspaper sought faculty permission to take quotes at the meetings. Law School Student Senate President Doug Ellmann said the decision does not allow students complete access to decisions "that will affect their lives. I would like to see com- plete disclosure," he said. LAW SCHOOL DEAN Terrence Sandlow said the non- attribution contingency was necessary to avoid jeopardizing the informal nature of the faculty meetings. "People come to these meetings without an opportunity to think deeply about what is being discussed," he said. "The spirit of give and take that is present at the meetings would be disrupted" if the observers were allowed to attribute quotes. Kiefer said he finds it puzzling that the faculty is not con- cerned with applying freedom of speech issues they teach in class to themselves. Professor Peter Weston said, however, "it is not unusual for authorities to operate under non-attrition. It is standard practice in government." The Michiga~n Daily-Tuesday, April 7, 1981-Page 3 LSA fcu fy asses discontinuance mto C~nkmotCon By SUE INGLIS LSA faculty members passed a resolution yesterday specifying that departments or programs targeted for possible elimination be included in discussions with the LSA Executive Committee before the College com- mences with discontinuance proceedings. The resolution, introduced at yester- day's LSA faculty meeting by History of Art Prof. Joel Isaacson, stated that discussions between the targeted unit and the executive committee should in- clude both an initial written presen- tation by the LSA dean explaining the reasons for the contemplated action and a provision allowing the unit an adequate opportunity to respond. THE DESIGNATED unit should also be included in the selection process for the composition of a peer review com- mittee, the resolution stated. However, the resolution amounts only to an admonition, said Robert Holbrook, associate dean of acadmic appointments. It suggests to the ad- ministration that this is the way the faculty wants the college to act, he said. The proposal was prompted by the January announcement by the dean and the executive committee that proceedings had begun which could lead to the discontinuation of the geography department. The final decision rests with the Regents. Faculty members of the geography department have raised questions about whether the dean and the 'executive committee had sufficient data to go forward with the decision to set up a peer review committee before discussing the matter with the depar- tment. Isaacson said that the Regents' guidelines for program discontinuance do not address the procedure for the period prior to the formation of a review committee. HAPPENING FILMS Ethnographic film series - Les Maitres Fous; Trobriand Cricket, 7 p.m., MLB Lect. Rm. 2. SPEAKERS Urban Planning - Kan Chan, "Technology Assessment," 11 a.m., 1040 Dana. Ecumenical Campus Ctr. - Arthur Boyd, "El Salvador and Central America: The Other Side of the Story," noon, Int. Ctr. Psychbiology - Alfred Mansour, "Long-Lasting Changes in Morphine Sensitivity Following Amygdaloid Kindling," 12:30 p.m., 1057 MHRI. Bioengin. - Clyde Owings, "Anthropology," 4 p.m., 1084 E. Engin. Geology - Amos Salvador, "Late Triassic-Jurassic Paleogeography and Origin of Gulf of Mexico," 4 p.m., 4001 CCL. Macromolecular Research - Charles Han, "Dynamic Light Scattering of Dilute Polymer Solutions in the Non-Asymptotoic Region," 4 p.m., Cooley Baer Rm.' Reactor Engineering James Webb, "Anticipated Transients Without Scram," 4 p.m., White Auditorium. Hillel, CREES - Mark Pinsen, "Jewish Response: Sources for East European History," 4 p.m., MLB B114. Pi Sigma Alpha - Austin Ranney, "The Presidential Selection Process in 1980," 4 p.m., Hale Aud. Dem. Socialistic Org. Cte. - Jim Chapin, "Reform Within the Democratic Party," 7:30 p.m., 2203 Angell. MEETINGS Extension Service - Mich. Assn. of Infant Mental Health: Vulnerability and Adaption," 7 a.m., Rackham. Human Sexuality Office - meeting of Les/Gay Health Professionals, 802 Monroe, Guild House. His House Christian Fellowship - 7:30 p.m., League. MSA - Presidential Debate, 7:30 p.m.; Union Kuenzel Room, Constituen- ts' Time, 9 p.m., 3909 Union. Science Research - Nancy Hopwood, "Environmental Influences on the Growth of Children;" Paul Hays, "The Electrical Environment on the Ear- th, Thunderstorms, and the Active Sun," 7:30 p.m., Chrysler Ctr. Aud. PERFORMANCES ,Union - Preview, Men's Glee Club Friars, 12:30 p.m., U. CLub. UAC - open Impact Dance Workshop, 7-9 p.m., Union Ballroom. School of Music - Honors Assembly, 8 p.m., Recital Hall. School of Music - Campus Orchestra/Arts Chorale, 8 p.m., Hill Aud. Eclipse Jazz - open jam session, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Union U. Club. MISCELLANEOUS Health Service - screening program for Tay-Sachs disease, 10 a.m.-4 -p.m., Michigan Health Service Lab. Psychic Inst. of Mi. - meet Mary Christie and Jack McCarthy 11 a..m.- noon, Wonderland Shopping Center. Rec. Sports - Squash Club Match, 6:30 p.m., CCRB. WCBN - Call-in, Tenant Advocate Show; call with any tenant problems, 6:30-7 p.m., 763-3500, 88.3 FM. Rec. Sports - clinic, the Effect of Diet and Exercise on Metabolism, 7:30 p.m.,,1250 CCRB. RC-exhibit, "Artists' Books: An Exploration of the Form," 8 p.m., Rm. 126 E. Quad, reception at 6:30 p.m. Hillel - Masada television series, 1429 Hill, 9-11 p.m. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of; Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI., 48109. The Department of Philosophy announces THE TANNER LECTURE PROGRAM, 1980-81 April 10 & 11 JOHN RAWLS James Bryant Conant University Professor Harvard University The Tanner Lecture on Human Values "Basic Liberties and Their Priority" Friday, April 10, 3:30 p.m. Modern Languages Building, Auditorium 4 SYMPOSIUM ON THE TANNER LECTURE Saturday, April 11 Modern Languages Building, Auditorium 4 9:15 a.m. Presentation of comments: ANTHONY KRONMAN Professor of Law, Yale Law School BRIAN BARRY Professor of Political Science and of Philosophy, The University of Chicago SAMUEL SCHEFFLER Study finds more murders by strangers PHILADELPHTA (UPI) - Ampri I 1 1111 L1L l/1 i11L1 k %-,X 11 callicl 1%-Ct is in the throes of a massive upsurge in homicides involving "strangers killing strangers" matched in this century only by the Prohibition-era slayings of gangland's heyday, a criminal resear- cher said yesterday. The handgun has replaced the sub- machine gun as the nation's most feared killer and drug traffickinghas replaced the bootlegging of liquor as a key factor in the soaring murder rate. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY sociologist Margaret Zahn, chief researcher in a national study of homicide in eight U.S. cities, found similarities in violent crime trends of the 1920s and early 1930s and the situation today. "During the Prohibiton era and the Depression, there was a similarly high rate of stranger murders - strangers killing strangers," she said. "The pattern seemed to change when Prohibition was eliminated and the first laws controlling guns started to emerge. Handguns were not considered then, but laws were invoked at the federal level against submachine guns. "There are more murders by strangers. There are proportionately fewer family murders and we should start to look at why we are seeing this repeat in pattern." 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